Customs officers and the Marine Police have seized 350 live monitor lizards and a lorry worth $420,000 in Tuen Mun.

The officers found six suspicious men loading goods from a lorry onto a speedboat near Wu Shan Road, Tuen Mun at about 1.30am today.

The suspects fled on the speedboat, and officers seized the lorry and 48 wooden boxes containing the lizards.